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sagdi kongr. “aungua heilsun uar mier skipat þier at
bera” sagdi hann “enn .ij. kongar eru hier komner
3 uid Riki þitt. annar þeirra h(eiter) Frollo. enn annar
Griffon. þeir Ráda fyrir þeim Rikium er liggia j kringum
þau miklu fioll er Kaukási h(eita) og standa a synztu
« sidu heimsins. þeir hafa spurt at þier eigit ydur fagra
dottur er oss er nefnd Fulgida. enn þat byr under
þeirra ferd at þeir uilia at þu luker (þeitn) skatt sem
a adrer kongar j sudur halfunni. þeim er og sagt at þier
eigit .ij. uaska sonu. er þat konganna uili at þier sendit
þeim dottur ydra j skattinn og ydra sonu. og suo mikit
12 lid af ydru Riki sem þier megit mest af leggia. vilia
þeir nu fara til Babbilon hinnar miklu og skattgilda
So(ll)ddan k(ong) under sig. enn ef þier giorit eigi suo
15 þa uitit eflaust at adur söl er j uestri annat kuelld þa
er ydr borg brend. enn þier annat huort heingder edur
j hiöli brott(n)er”. kongr m(ælti) “akafliga flytur þu
8 þeiva]Jrom 548, 23v.
12—13 vilia þeir] vjith these words (þeir vilia) the text in 599 be-
gins again, 19r.
14 Soddan MS, Solldan 548, 23v, 599, 19r.
17 brottner\ suppliedfrom 548, 23v, 599,19r. akafliga] vjith
this word the text in 577 begins again, 31r.
announce that they have been sent by two kings, Frollo
and Griffon, who rule over the lands near the Kaukasi
mountains, which lie in the most southerly part of the
world. These two kings have now come to King Arki-
stratus’ realm with the intention of compelling him to pay
tax just like the other kings in the southern hemisphere.
The king is to pay this tax by sending them his daughter,
his two sons and as niighty an army as he can muster.
The kings will thereupon go to Babylon the great and
subjugate the king who rules there, Soldán. If Arkistratus
does not agree to this, his town will be burnt down and
he himself either hanged or broken on the wheel, before
the sun has gone down in the west next day. King